Talk:George of the Jungle
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I changed the part about Weird Al writing the show's theme, because he did not write it. He was 8 at the time the show first aired.
[edit] Don't forget Bella!
While the film version just has Ursula (Stanhope), the cartoon had Bella AND Ursula. I believe they were identical. The theme song ran "away he'll schlep on his elephant Shep, while Bella and Ursula stay in step". I don't remember enough about the characters to edit this, but I'm gonna have to buy the DVDs soon. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by PurpleChez (talk • contribs) 02:40:55, August 19, 2007 (UTC).
- First, the lyrics say "Fella and Ursula". Second, this in reference to the fact that George is so dumb he often forgets who Ursula is and even the fact she is a woman and refers to her as "fella". The reason that there are two girls in the intro to the cartoon is because George is seeing double after crashing into a the back of Shep (note that one girl dances on, splits into two, then dances off dragging George). You can check out the intro on YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eobpXo6HcYI -- BullWikiWinkle 04:43, 19 August 2007 (UTC)
The lyric IS "Bella and Ursula", because Ursula (whom is referred to as "fella") has an evil twin named Bella who appeared in some episodes.
Here's a quote from a discription of the show: http://listing-index.ebay.com/movies/George_of_the_Jungle.html
"George is supported by his playmate interests Bella and Ursula (attractive identical twin young women with the voices of June Foray ), his sapient gorilla friend Ape (Paul Frees ), who is more intelligent than George (and sounds remarkably like Ronald Colman ); and his pet elephant, Shep, who acts more like a lap dog, or, as George calls him, "big peanut-eating doggie".
and of the 1997 film: ...."In this movie, the notion of Bella and Ursula was scrapped, and fused into one female, played by Leslie Mann and much more of a Jane-type girlfriend to George. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.157.192.22 (talk) 16:37, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
- The ebay page you referenced cannot be considered a reliable source, chiefly because it was taken from an earlier revision of this article on Wikipedia and the "Fella" reference was subsequently removed.
- I would be happy to be proven wrong -- just find a reliable source. -- BullWikiWinkle 20:02, 28 October 2007 (UTC)
You are right. I bought the original series on DVD and watched it in it's entirety, including the un-aired pilot. There is no mention of any twin, and the lyric in all three versions of the original song (the episode opening, the segment opening, and the closing credits version) is clearly "Fella and Ursula". So unless there was some other, later version of the show, a twin named Bella or Fella never existed. I am absolutely sure of it.
[I am the non-user from above (28 October 2007) who gave the web description examples, but not the original "Don't Forget Bella" poster.] —Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.234.46.169 (talk) 15:30, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
- Thanks for following up with that post. It's an easy mistake to make if the title song lyrics are misheard - and you're not the first to do it. Cheers! -- BullWikiWinkle 18:14, 1 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] 2007
I think we should make a different article for the 2007 series. Uknownson (talk) 00:25, 27 November 2007 (UTC)
